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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Realté, -ey, n. [obs. ME realte (c1350), OF realté (late 12th c. in Greimas), pop. L. rēgālitas. See also Reawté n., Rialté n.] Royalty, in various senses and applications.

I. 1. The office or rank of a king; kingly power or dignity. = Rialté n. 1.(1) 1375 Barb. xx 132 (E).
Robert Stewart suld be Kyng and bruk all the realte [C. rialte] c1420 Wynt. viii 7027.
[She] prayid hym [sc. the King] off his realte, Off lauche that scho mycht serwyd be c1420 Ratis R. 1492.
And realte that suld haf na peire(2) 1400 Facs. Nat. MSS II 44.
Likis yhour realte [Henry IV of England] to wit that [etc.]

2. Pomp, magnificence. = Rialté n. 4. 1375 Barb. ii 183.
Thar nobleis gret affer, Thar seruice, na thar realte a1400 Leg. S. xxix 199.
Sir Eustas, as he ware a king, With gret effere & realte, Passit furth

II. 3. A kingdom. = Rialté n. 6. c1420 Wynt. viii 62.
Na thare consent … Prejwdycyale suld [noucht] be Till off Scotland the realte [C. ryalte, W. kinrik]

4. A part, or the parts, of the kingdom directly under the King (as opposed to Regalité n.). = Rialté n. 7. 1438 Acts II 32/1.
This act to be … fulfillyt be the offysaris of the lordis of regalyteys … vyth help and supple of the lordis of the realteys geyff neyd be 1517–18 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 111.
Als wele of regaliteis as realteis 1553 Treas. Acc. X 210.
Gentillmen … baith to burgh and lande, regalite and realte, to meit my lorde